Hong Kong legislative election, 1988

Hong Kong legislative election, 1988

1985 ← 22 September 1988 → 1991

outgoing members ← → members elected

26 (of 46) unofficial members to the Legislative Council   Leader Peter Wong Martin Lee Alliance Conservative bloc Liberal bloc Leader's seat Accountancy Legal Seats won 12 (8 EC + 4 FCs) 6 (0 EC + 6 FCs) Seat change 1 Percentage 17.36% 51.36%

The 1988 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was an indirect election for members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo); was held on 22 September 1988. It was the second ever election of the Legislative Council in Hong Kong history based on the 1987 Review of Developments in Representative Government, as the Government's democratisation process according to the agreement of the Sino-British Joint Declaration. There were 12 members elected by Electoral Colleges, 14 members from functional constituencies.

A total of 9,276 out of almost 17,000 registered votes turned to return 13 candidates in 8 electoral college and 4 functional constituency seats while another 13 seats were returned unopposed. The liberal lobby suffered a major setback in the election as three of their outspoken leaders were defeated.

In May 1987, the government published the Green Paper, 1987 Review of Developments in Representative Government, to consider the next phase of the development of the representative government in Hong Kong after the 1985 Hong Kong electoral reform. The option of the direct elections in 1988 was strongly opposed by the Government of the People's Republic of China. Pro-Beijing organs including the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce and the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions were mobilised to send opposing submissions to the Hong Kong government. The Joint Committee on the Promotion of Democratic Government which was formed by pro-democracy activists including Legislative Councillors Martin Lee and Szeto Wah collected of 220,000 signatures demanding the direct elections.

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